My world view has always been that there's just an enormous amount of cultural and religious diversity out there, all of which is really worth taking in.

If travel has momentum and wants to stay in motion, as I mentioned earlier, then adventure has the gravitational pull of a black hole. The more you do it, the more you find a way to keep doing it.

The true secret to seeking the unknown is in the looking, not the finding. The journey is what matters.

As travelers, it is our responsibility to adapt, otherwise we miss the whole point: the opportunity to gain a new perspective.

Seeing the world is a prerequisite to understanding one’s place in it.

When traveling in rural Africa, it's important to not actually *go* to a hospital until the patient is on the brink of expiration, otherwise things are apt to get worse.

Sometimes, when you're this adventurous, you rip the crotch out of your pants.

We cannot bear for our most mysterious experiences to remain unexplained. I've therefore learned...that every story has worth, since a person takes the time to tell it. The key is to listen.

What i took away from witnessing the broken climbers in Moshi was this: *Everything is easy until it isn't.*

Where can one buy a lit of that *Right Stuff* bravado required to shrug off the fact that your airplane is now a convertible?

I can't explain some of the things I've seen and...I've done some things I can't explain.

The light of God gives meaning to life

Akshay's idea of a romantic date is a six-kilometre jog, followed by 500 crunches... together! Eeeeks!

Fang was going to kill me. And after I was dead, he would kill me again.

There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.

One of my favorite comedies is Three Amigos! Oh my gosh, me and my brother quote that all the time.

Maybe that's what is means to be human . . . forever questioning our certainties.

I don't speak Arabic - I know a little to get by, but that's all.

The Rebel bullet that can kill me has not yet been molded.

I'm gonna rock you 'til your pussaaa's sore.

I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could move forward and heal.